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Chapter 52: the secret of ancestry choice
He was very anxious thinking that his body was being taken over by some old monster or something. But when the puzzle was solved and the green light appeared he got his senses back to him.
The wooden box opened showing an old piece of scroll made of leather but not parchment. There is also a pendent made of pure crystal which is oddly similar to the deadly hallows symbol that Xenophilius Lovegood had with him in the original series.
But the cloak, the wand and the stone symbols are oddly strange and more complete giving an ancient feeling. When Jack touched the pendent he felt a strange way of energy and information entering his mind. Immediately the villain system gave out a choice.
"Ding
Host has stumbled upon an ancestry secret.
Emergency choice initiated.
Time stop is being applied to clear the situation for emergency choice.
Host, please make your choice.
Emergency choice….
Choice 1: accept the information from the symbol and your secret ancestry.
Host would be able to gain the benefits of the ancestry and its inheritance,
Host has to bear the consequences of this ancestry to.
Choice 2: system would destroy the information along with the ancestry details.
Host will lose his ancestry.
Host doesn't have to bear the consequences of this ancestry."
Jack felt that the time around him stopped and read thought. He did not expect something magical to happen to him right now about his ancestry. It said that he has to bear the consequences.
Naturally if it was the protagonist then it would have been solved easily. But things are different when it comes to him being a villain. He was a little reluctant to lose something good.
He wanted to read the leather scroll on the side. But the system would not let him. Unless he makes his choice he would not be able to move or do anything. He sighed and decided to take on the risk.
Any way he has his way of protection. With that he chose the first option. Immediately the time started to move and the information entered into his mind slowly from the pendent. All that appeared in his mind is a way of ritual with the pendent.
As for the leather scroll on the side is actually the high grade magic circle that is required for the ritual. It is not possible to draw it on the ground as the amount of materials required is astronomical.
Instead of that, the mode of magic circle is changed to a scroll made of high class materials. Jack opened the scroll and checked it out. A messy magic circle is drawn inside with numerous runes.
Just looking at those runes has made Jack dizzy for some time. Jack immediately closed the scroll and new information appeared in his mind. For the ritual start, he requires few things. One is the tears of phoenix and the other is the venom of basilisk.
These are the main ingredients while the supporting ingredients required from various magical beasts. Jack has most of them except for the phoenix tears and the venom of basilisk. He can get phoenix tears when the phoenix fox comes to him again.
As for the basilisk venom, it is not a problem as he can get them either by waiting for a year or by buying things through black market. With that he was in a happy mood. He placed the pendent back in along with the scroll, closed the box and put it back inside the expansion bag.
With that stored Jack sighed and decided to do some research about this symbol and other things. He knows that basic plot but he don't know the real things that are happening in this world.
Jack has to always remind his mind again and again, that he was in the real world and not a movie or game. If it was the movie then the concentration will be on the protagonist. But this is real world and the concentration on many things other than the protagonist.
Everything and everyone has background stories and hidden stories. These things are the most dangerous that can directly change the plot direction. Voldemort that would fight against old people, weak people and children could not even be considered as a proper villain.
The other people fear him because he kills without blinking an eye. But is killing other really an act of villainy? There are many people and even countries in the world that would kill innocent people in the name of justice and get benefits from them shamelessly.
When the other retaliates they would even accuse the victims as terrorists. Compared to them Voldemort is not even a beginner at being a villain. The title dark lord is more like a show than a real title.
Jack thought and left here to go back to the dormitory. On the next day he was able to meet with Harry privately. The location was set by Hermione. Harry was very curious and wanted to know why Jack wanted to speak to him.
Jack usually ignores him and Ron completely without even saying a word. Now he wanted to speak to Harry, this made him anxious, curious and cautious. They met at a distance away from the hut of Hagrid near the castle wall.
There is another person that is watching the situation from afar. He heard the conversation between Hermione and Harry before. He was very disappointed that his friends did not tell him about the important thing.
So he tried to eavesdrop on what Harry and Jack are talking. Unfortunately he was unable to hear anything because of the different direction of the head wind. Jack chose this location specifically for this matter.
On the other hand, Jack looked at straight at Harry for a good while thinking about the reason he called Harry here for and spoke first normally without any emotion in his voice.
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